China Raises Hints of War With Taiwan;
Officials, Academics Pose Military Option

By

Matt Forney Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 27, 1999 5:04 p.m. ET

BEIJING -- Chinese government officials and academics Monday hinted of war with Taiwan if the island continues its quest for greater autonomy.

"Prosperity and development are associated with unity, while war and conflict come with separation," Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan told a regional security conference in Singapore a day after he and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright agreed on the need for a quick end to...